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Tone encode use curiosity
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ecps92
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or as some agencies called it the "Guard" channel - basically only used for the "O ****" or "Wake me up" alerts
Kind of a long story short deal...
A college project I had done used a set of tone encoder/decoder boards from Ramsey Electronics connected to an FM transmitter and receiver. The concept was to equip emergency vehicles with an encoded transmitter that could be detected by other vehicles receivers and "switch over" the speakers in the vehicle with a pre-recorded voice message of something like "emergency vehicle approaching". I was in the fire service a short time in college and it was always amazing how instantly stupid people got when they saw a pair of flashing lights- in any direction...coming or going. As for a project idea it was pretty fun and cool, and for the early 2000's when others were putting entire PC towers to run a hard drive full of mp3's on a car stereo.....we thought we were pretty advanced...times have changed a tad.
A college project I had done used a set of tone encoder/decoder boards from Ramsey Electronics connected to an FM transmitter and receiver. The concept was to equip emergency vehicles with an encoded transmitter that could be detected by other vehicles receivers and "switch over" the speakers in the vehicle with a pre-recorded voice message of something like "emergency vehicle approaching". I was in the fire service a short time in college and it was always amazing how instantly stupid people got when they saw a pair of flashing lights- in any direction...coming or going. As for a project idea it was pretty fun and cool, and for the early 2000's when others were putting entire PC towers to run a hard drive full of mp3's on a car stereo.....we thought we were pretty advanced...times have changed a tad.
ElroyJetson
Getting tired of all the stupidity.
I've installed and serviced several DC and tone remote systems. They are simple systems that do their job, giving desktop access to the radio without having to have the radio in the room with you. They get the job done. Not much else to say about that.
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